When people dance for enjoyment or to entertain others, you can refer to this activity as dancing.
All the schools have music and dancing as part of the curriculum.
Let's go dancing tonight.
...dancing shoes.
Examples of 'dancing' in a sentence
dancing
You were dancing to an orchestra that your mum had danced to.
Shawn Levy READY, STEADY, GO!: Swinging London and the Invention of Cool (2002)
It took itself too seriously and the dancing was so awful.
The Sun (2013)
In other languages
dancing
British English: dancing /ˈdɑːnsɪŋ/ NOUN
When people dance for enjoyment or to entertain others, you can refer to this activity as dancing.
His hobbies include ballroom and Latin dancing.
American English: dancing
Arabic: رَقْص
Brazilian Portuguese: dança
Chinese: 跳舞
Croatian: plesanje
Czech: tanec
Danish: dans
Dutch: danskunst
European Spanish: baile actividad
Finnish: tanssiminen
French: danse
German: Tanzen
Greek: χορός
Italian: ballo
Japanese: 踊ること
Korean: 춤
Norwegian: dansing
Polish: taniec
European Portuguese: dança
Romanian: dans
Russian: танцы
Latin American Spanish: baile
Swedish: dansande
Thai: การเต้นรำ
Turkish: danslı toplantı
Ukrainian: танці
Vietnamese: sự nhảy múa
All related terms of 'dancing'
dance
When you dance , you move your body and feet in a way which follows a rhythm, usually in time to music.
all-dancing
having every desirable feature possible
dad dancing
enthusiastic but inelegant dancing to pop music, regarded as typical of middle-aged men
lap dancing
Lap dancing is a type of entertainment in a bar or club in which a woman who is wearing very few clothes dances in a sexy way close to customers or sitting on their laps.
tap dancing
Tap dancing is a style of dancing in which the dancers wear special shoes with pieces of metal on the heels and toes . The shoes make loud sharp sounds as the dancers move their feet .
barn dancing
the act of performing a progressive round country dance
break dancing
a style of dance engaged in by youths , involving acrobatic movements, spinning about on the head or shoulders , etc.
dancing class
a meeting of a group of student dancers for tuition in dancing
dancing girl
a professional female dancer who dances to entertain customers at a club, theatre , etc
dancing shoes
shoes worn by dancers
disco dancing
dancing at a disco
line dancing
Line dancing is a style of dancing in which people move across the floor in a line, accompanied by country and western music.
pole dancing
Pole dancing is a type of entertainment in a bar or club in which a woman who is wearing very few clothes dances around a pole in a sexy way .
robot dancing
a dance of the 1980s characterized by jerky mechanical movements
slam dancing
the act of hurling oneself repeatedly into or through a crowd at a rock-music concert
table dancing
Table dancing is a type of entertainment in a bar or club in which a woman who is wearing very few clothes dances in a sexy way close to a customer or group of customers.
taxi dancing
a system, as in a dance hall or hotel , whereby a person pays for a partner ( taxi dancer ) for a dance, payment being required for each individual dance during an evening
turf dancing
a fluid style of street-dancing originating in the Bay Area of San Francisco, California
country dancing
Country dancing is traditional dancing in which people dance in rows or circles .
dancing partner
one of a pair of dancers
morris dancing
Morris dancing is a type of old English country dancing which is performed by people wearing special costumes .
social dancing
→ ballroom dancing
square-dancing
the activity of taking part in a square dance
ballroom dancing
Ballroom dancing is a type of dancing in which two people dance together using fixed sequences of steps and movements.
tap dance
a step dance in which the performer wears shoes equipped with taps that make a rhythmic sound on the stage as he or she dances
toe dance
a dance performed on tiptoe
modern sequence dancing
a form of dancing in which ballroom dance steps are used as the basis of a wide variety of different dances typically performed in a sequence
Scottish country dancing
a type of Scottish folk dancing, including reels , jigs , and strathspeys , in which couples are arranged in sets and perform a series of movements, esp facing one another in a line
belly dance
a solo dance of Middle Eastern origin , characterized by undulating movements of the hips and abdomen
break dance
an acrobatic dance style originating in the 1980s
folk dance
any of various traditional rustic dances often originating from festivals or rituals
all-singing all-dancing
If you describe something new as all-singing, all-dancing , you mean that it is very modern and advanced , with a lot of additional features; used especially to show that you think a lot of these features are silly or unnecessary .
square dance
A square dance is a traditional American dance in which sets of four couples dance together , forming a square at the beginning of the dance.
clog dance
a dance in which clogs are worn to beat out the rhythm
ice dance
any of a number of dances , mostly based on ballroom dancing, performed by a couple skating on ice
step dance
a dance in which a display of steps is more important than gesture or posture , esp a solo dance
sword dance
a dance in which the performers dance nimbly over swords on the ground or brandish them in the air
formation dance
any dance in which a number of couples form a certain arrangement , such as two facing lines or a circle , and perform a series of figures within or based on that arrangement
old-time dance
a formal or formation dance, such as the lancers
Chinese translation of 'dancing'
dancing
(ˈdɑːnsɪŋ)
n(u)
跳舞 (tiàowǔ)
to go dancing去跳舞 (qù tiàowǔ)
dance
(dɑːns)
n
(c) (waltz, tango) 舞蹈 (wǔdǎo) (曲, qǔ)
(c) (= social event) 舞会(會) (wǔhuì) (个(個), gè)
(u) (= dancing) 舞蹈 (wǔdǎo)
vi
跳舞 (tiàowǔ)
to dance the tango跳探戈 (tiào tàngē)
to dance with sb和某人跳舞 (hé mǒurén tiàowǔ)
to dance about/off (liter) 欢(歡)呼雀跃(躍) (huānhū quèyuè)